Collective bargaining is associated with lower income inequality

There is a negative correlation between collective bargaining coverage and inequality, but more research is needed to understand why.

A high-level view of the impact of AI on the workforce

A transatlantic study makes the right recommendations on artificial intelligence in the workplace, but work is needed to turn these into practice.

Finding the right balance (sheet): quantitative tightening in the euro area

China’s new regulator hints at a major clean-up of the world’s largest financial sector

Among several institutional changes, the most significant might be the creation of a new nationwide regulator to oversee China’s financial industry.

Artificial intelligence adoption in the public sector: a case study

The goal is to identify pitfalls in the process of technology adoption and to provide some lessons for both policy and business

Much of the Global South is on Ukraine’s side

The idea that the Global South is taking a neutral stance over the war in Ukraine is overstated.

Russian crude oil tracker

The EU Net Zero Industry Act and the risk of reviving past failures

How the EU might respond to clean teach subsidies, in the form of a leaked draft law entitled the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), is deeply worrisome.

Artificial intelligence: how to get the most from the labour-productivity boost

Artificial intelligence should boost productivity over time. The boost can happen sooner, and last longer, with the right policies.

Two crises, two continents: how the labour-market impacts have differed

The US economy was more resilient against the two recent global crises, while the EU did better in terms of jobs during and after the pandemic.